Video Activity One: Screen capture and screen recording
Now may be a good time to become aware (if you aren't already) of the variety of tools for screen capture (taking a picture of a segment of your screen) and for screen recording (recording actions on your screen). Each of these tools is useful, for example, when you are developing a tutorial for software use or when you wish to incorporate a screen image in another presentation. Thus, these tools could be used to help teachers and students with troubleshooting or professional development, and to demonstrate how to solve a problem or clarify a multi-step procedure.
For screen capture, there are built-in tools in the Mac OS and in the Windows OS. Seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot Additionally, the Mac OS comes with "Grab" (located in Utilities folder) which allows additional control.
There also are several commercial screen capture products available, includingnd Snapz Pro.
For screen recording, there are many tools available; some are free or include a 30-day free trial.
Jing - One of the more popular free applications for recording screencasts (unpaid version saves as a swf file). FREE
Screencast-O-Matic - One-click screen capture recording on Windows or Mac computers with no install for FREE.
Camtasia - Great application for Windows and Macintosh. Highly recommended. $
Screen Flow - Simply the best, most robust application for creating screencasts at an affordable price. $
Currently, one of the most popular tools for screen capture and screen recording is Jing. We will use Jing for Video Activity 1, Parts B and C below.
See below for Jing info.
[I recommend purchasing Camtasia. It is one of the best!]
There are three parts to Video Activity :
(create a wiki page titled va1):
Part A. Take a picture of your screen (or a portion) using one of the built-in OS tools mentioned above.
Reduce the size of your image to less than 100K by using webresizer or another graphics tool.
Post your image on your wikispaces site and list the following:
1. Your OS
2. One-sentence statement about technique used.
3. One-sentence statement about the process.
Part B. Download and install Jing. Take a picture of your screen (or a portion). Label your image using the arrow tool and text tool. See tutorials below.
Reduce the size of your image to less than 100K by using webresizer or another tool.
Post your image on your wikispaces site and list the following:
1. Your OS
2. One-sentence statement about technique used.
3. One-sentence statement about the process.
Part C. Using Jing, record a less than two-minute narration and explanation of a process (your choice) on your computer.
Post your video on your wikispaces site (preferably embed it, or link if necessary)* and list the following:
1. Your OS
2. One-sentence statement about technique used.
3. One-sentence statement about the process.
It is not possible to upload a Jing swf file directly to YouTube. Instead, post your video at Screencast.com which permits seamless uploading. You may grab an embed code from there as well.
Please make certain that your audio is of high quality! Use a quality microphone, eliminate background sounds - including fluorescent lights. As always, use copyright-free images and audio! List full credits for all images, audio, and video.
Due by midnight on September 18. Let me know when it's ready for review!
Video Activity One: Screen capture and screen recording
Now may be a good time to become aware (if you aren't already) of the variety of tools for screen capture (taking a picture of a segment of your screen) and for screen recording (recording actions on your screen). Each of these tools is useful, for example, when you are developing a tutorial for software use or when you wish to incorporate a screen image in another presentation. Thus, these tools could be used to help teachers and students with troubleshooting or professional development, and to demonstrate how to solve a problem or clarify a multi-step procedure.
For screen capture, there are built-in tools in the Mac OS and in the Windows OS. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
Additionally, the Mac OS comes with "Grab" (located in Utilities folder) which allows additional control.
There also are several commercial screen capture products available, includingnd Snapz Pro.
For screen recording, there are many tools available; some are free or include a 30-day free trial.
(from http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/31462)
Currently, one of the most popular tools for screen capture and screen recording is Jing. We will use Jing for Video Activity 1, Parts B and C below.
See below for Jing info.
[I recommend purchasing Camtasia. It is one of the best!]
There are three parts to Video Activity :
(create a wiki page titled va1):Part A. Take a picture of your screen (or a portion) using one of the built-in OS tools mentioned above.
Reduce the size of your image to less than 100K by using webresizer or another graphics tool.
Post your image on your wikispaces site and list the following:
1. Your OS
2. One-sentence statement about technique used.
3. One-sentence statement about the process.
Part B. Download and install Jing. Take a picture of your screen (or a portion). Label your image using the arrow tool and text tool. See tutorials below.
Reduce the size of your image to less than 100K by using webresizer or another tool.
Post your image on your wikispaces site and list the following:
1. Your OS
2. One-sentence statement about technique used.
3. One-sentence statement about the process.
Part C. Using Jing, record a less than two-minute narration and explanation of a process (your choice) on your computer.
Post your video on your wikispaces site (preferably embed it, or link if necessary)* and list the following:
1. Your OS
2. One-sentence statement about technique used.
3. One-sentence statement about the process.
Please make certain that your audio is of high quality! Use a quality microphone, eliminate background sounds - including fluorescent lights.
As always, use copyright-free images and audio!
List full credits for all images, audio, and video.
Due by midnight on September 18. Let me know when it's ready for review!
Jing Tutorials: